Scrappage Scheme

Leonie Cooper: How many people have taken advantage of the scrappage scheme?

The Mayor: To date, I have launched three separate, successful scrappage schemes to help drivers to prepare for both the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) from April 2019, and for the ULEZ expansion to the North and South circulars in October 2021.
I am pleased to note that 84% of the available funds has already been committed to successful applicants, helping scrap over five and a half thousand vehicles. The number of applicants who have benefited from the schemes, as at 27 October 2020, is shown in the table attached.

ULEZ Income

Shaun Bailey: How much money has TfL received in income from the ULEZ scheme each year?

The Mayor: I launched the world’s first ULEZ scheme on 9 April 2019.
Transport for London (TfL) publishes details of income from all road user charging schemes in its Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, which is available on the TfL website at: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/annual-report, and which shows net ULEZ income of £66.6m for the first year of operation.
Net income from road user charging schemes is spent on improving transport in London, including roads cycleways, buses and tube, and making London’s air cleaner, in line with my Transport Strategy. It is expected that the income generated will reduce as the policy has the desired effect of taking the most harmful and polluting vehicles off the road.

Scrappage Schemes

Tony Arbour: Could the Mayor confirm how much of the £48million funding for vehicle scrappage schemes has been spent to date?

The Mayor: Please see my response to Mayor’s Question 2020/3388.